§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what were the achievement grades at(a) A-level and (b) GCSE in each of the science subjects in Norfolk schools in each of the years 1992 to 1997. [41160]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 8 May 1998]: The information requested for GCE A levels and GCSEs is shown in the following table.
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GCSE achievements of 15 year old pupils entered for GCSE science subjects, in Norfolk schools from 1992 to 1997 (maintained schools only) Grades achieved by 15 year old pupils entered A1 A B C D E F G U X Total 1995–96 Biological Science 1 7 25 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 52 Chemistry 3 4 19 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 51 Physics 2 9 16 16 7 1 0 0 0 0 51 Single Award Science 1 9 109 171 369 375 251 88 57 56 1,486 Double Award Science 200 497 1,209 1,382 1,342 897 447 109 79 94 6,255 Other Science 5 11 15 19 19 19 16 4 3 4 115 1996–97 Biological Science 0 3 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 Chemistry 1 2 6 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 Physics 1 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Single Award Science 1 14 101 129 347 331 233 86 42 30 1,314 Double Award Science 233 553 1,290 1,459 1,407 847 392 98 68 106 6,453 Other Science 2 7 15 27 10 14 6 4 3 2 90 1Less than 10 candidates were entered for GCSE biology, chemistry or physics in 1991–92 to 1993–94
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GCE A level achievements of 16–18 year old pupils entered for science subjects, in Norfolk schools from 1992 to 1997 (maintained schools only) Grades achieved by 16–18 year old pupils entered A B C D E N U X Total 1991–92 Biological Science 21 48 66 77 89 49 43 5 398 Chemistry 26 54 57 51 58 30 40 2 318 Physics 33 46 44 69 61 55 44 2 354 Other Science 4 5 9 21 10 4 4 0 57 1992–93 Biological Sciences 30 45 46 75 71 48 23 3 341 Chemistry 17 31 47 37 23 31 30 2 218 Physics 31 31 47 43 39 26 30 2 249 Other Science 5 5 3 11 6 5 3 0 38 1993–94 Biological Sciences 41 59 76 83 83 43 33 4 422 Chemistry 45 34 36 42 35 32 27 2 253 Physics 51 50 38 38 34 24 12 0 247 Other Science 11 16 6 16 8 6 2 0 65 1994–95 Biological Sciences 52 64 63 90 61 36 25 5 396 Chemistry 46 34 39 40 28 23 15 3 228 Physics 41 34 34 48 39 17 7 1 221 Other Science 8 4 15 13 15 5 0 0 60 1995–96 Biological Sciences 33 54 64 91 85 53 39 2 421 Chemistry 36 39 45 44 37 11 3 0 215 Physics 41 30 44 47 48 18 10 2 240 Other Science 7 4 9 19 6 6 0 0 51 1996–97 Biological Sciences 49 76 74 108 74 38 26 2 447 Chemistry 57 49 51 39 53 22 16 0 287 Physics 47 42 47 37 30 15 9 2 229 Other Science 3 7 10 10 11 4 1 0 46